Not fun at all. When you have a garage and especially if it's a project vehicle you can take your time with, it's a labor of love.... When you're just trying to keep your daily grinder reliably operational without a somewhat comfortable place, it's just agony. Broken tie rod huh? What kinda truck you have?
2003 2500HD. I certainly can relate to having to keep it running. Generally, I hated to work on vehicles. To many times, in my younger days, I had to pull it into the shop Sat and have it running for work Mon. This includes couple of weekend engine changes. 21 Years ago, when my son was 15, he bought a Sunbird that the top end of the engine was literally in the trunk. We put it back together and I actually enjoyed working on it. If things didn't go right, just throw the tools down and walk away. Normally things went better the next time we worked on it.
I got my brother to the airport. No issues. Mom's doing ok, but this is going to be different for her being alone again for a while. She does have a nurse stopping by a few times a week for a few hours at a time. If she listens to doctors orders, she'll heal properly. This is going to be like a year process for her to heal.
Even that bottom part will burn. Just treat that as more shoulder season wood until it gets to be totally solid.
Call her on the phone every day. Give her positive reinforcement for taking care of herself. Have a line of communication with the visiting nurse.
Yes, on all of those accounts. We all called her on a conference call today before I left to take my brother to the airport. We stocked up on easy to make meals for her. She's got easily 2 months worth of food. Maybe more. My wife made her special meatballs and pre portioned then off. She also baked her banana bread and cookies mom likes.
Big difference when you don't need to rely on the machine come Monday. I'd love a garage and a truck that's SHOT to take apart and fix piece by piece. The wet ground part, and lack of tools I'd love to have but cost a lot to collect, are why we often say the hell with it and take a rig to a shop instead of doing it ourselves.
Don't know your age, but they will come your way. When I was young, Dad had all the tools you could ever dream of. After 63 years of life, I have a good accumulation of tools and am sure my kids and grandkids think that the old man has all the tools ever made.
Just got done helping a neighbor demo their master bath for a tile shower. We removed a cheapo plastic builder grade tub and surround. This is the man who brought me coolant and water roadside when I blew a coolant hose and it was below freezing. Karma and all that.
biggest problem we have in thst regard is we're away from home a lot, especially in wintertime. Home, we have a 3 generation house, granddad has a ton of tools he might never use, me and dad have some. But Dad's spending most of his time with his girlfriend these days, and I split my time between home and mom's place. Mom has some tools I borrow, but otherwise we're limited to what's kept in the vehicles. Thankfully, it's not too often a need for anything more comes up, but when it does, if you have to buy a tool, it's one more tool you have in the future. But many jobs just beg for a warm place inside.....
Filled the outside 2 face cord rack on the back porch tonight and the indoor rack. Wore rubber boots and a t shirt. Odd for late Jan. Between mud and dog poop it was extra squishy haha
Very cool deed! I cannot tell you how much I miss the step in shower at my previous home vs the tub shower combo we have here. No doubt they'll love it!! PS, looks like you all are having fun too
Yeah. As they age it'll be good for them to get into. They are 65 plus. He's falling apart kinda fast for 65. I'm just a pup at 39, so I help em whenever I can.
